Blogtalk Radio with Good Enough Parenting, Margit Crane, “Teaching Kids to Be Good People” We all try to be role models to our kids, but today’s world is filled with challenges. How do we teach our kids to be “good”? This week’s guest, Annie Fox, has been educating teens and adults for years. Her latest book Teaching Kids To Be Good People is chock full of personal (very personal) stories, advice and exercises to help you harness those “teachable moments.” 3/18/13 (29 minutes) More»

We love our kids, but sometimes we just don’t get them. We try to be friends and that doesn’t work. Annie joined Claudette Chenevert, The Stepmom Coach to talk about what parents (even stepparents) should do to raise good people.Recorded 11/7/12 (59 minutes) More»

Annie joined Dr. Rosina McAlpine, Founder and Developer of Inspired Children
and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, to talk about how parents of teens can learn how to improve their relationship with their sons/daughters.Posted 11/5/12 (55 minutes) More»

Annie joined Sarah Newton, Britain’s top teen and parenting coach and host of the Teenology: The Youth Success Show, to talk about Annie’s new parenting book “Teaching Kids to Be Good People: Progressive Parenting for the 21st Century.” Recorded 10/11/12 (33 minutes) More»

Teach.com“Interview with Annie Fox about Great Teachers, Technology and Bullying.” 2/14/12 – Teach.com recently spoke to Annie via email to find out what the educator, author and trusted online advisor thought about what makes a great teacher to what the future of education technology may hold and more... More»

The Coffee Klatch on Blog Talk Radio — Annie Fox returns just in time to help you prepare your tween or teen emotionally for the new school year. Whether your teen is moving up to middle or high school or just returning to their old stomping ground, Annie is here to give parents advice on transitioning and cutting down on the drama and anxiety many teens face. 9/7/11 (29 minutes) More»

Phyllis Pometta, The Mommy Mentor — Annie and Phyllis discuss Cruel’s Not Cool!, Annie’s anti-bullying campaign to engage students, teachers, administrators and parents in a community-wide exploration of our culture of cruelty, why cruel’s not cool, and what each of us can do, moment-by-moment to take back our schools by making them safer, more accepting places for all students all the time. 8/31/10 (58 minutes, Annie’s interview starts 30 minutes in) More»

Ali Berlin, Alive with Ali Berlin — Annie and Ali talk about improving communication between parents and teens, how to teach and live the values you want to impart to your kids, and tips for dealing with school bullying. 7/24/10 (56 minutes) More»

Teleseminar with Joe Bruzzese, “What’s up with my family?” — Annie shares highlights from her book for middle school and answers common questions like “Since we don’t get to choose our family (like we can choose our friends) what can tweens actually DO about family situations?” and “Aren’t they kinda stuck with what they’ve got?” 7/21/10 (23 minutes) More»

Shannon’s Corner WTBQ Radio, 99.1 FM, Goshen, NY, “Cruel’s Not Cool!” — Live interview with Shannon Devereaux Sanford. A fifth grader hanged herself, a 15-year-old hanged herself in January and a 9th grader jumped to her death. All were victims of bullying. And that is just a sad sampling of what has been going on with our kids. Could anything be sadder? No. And it needs to stop - NOW. Annie talks with Shannon about her anti-bullying campaign, “Cruel’s Not Cool!” Recorded 5/25/10 (25 minutes) More»

Hilary Bilbrey, Author, “What’s Your Story: Bullying”, Annie and Hilary, discuss bullying and helping teens become more self-aware, self-confident and better able to make choices that reflect who they really are. 5/7/10 (58 minutes) More»

The Children’s Book Review“Author Interview: Annie Fox—Teen Self-Esteem.” 5/04/10 – May is National Teen Self-Esteem Month, a month dedicated to boosting confidence and self-image. Annie Fox, M.Ed., an award winning author and educator with 30+ years experience, sheds some light on how we, as parents and teachers, can help raise confident and secure teens... More»

Stay Happily Married with Lee Rosen, “What To Do When Your Kids Start Dating”, Are you dreading the day when your kids start dating? Different parenting styles, youthful defiance, and parental concern may seem like recipe for disaster. It’s no wonder that parents of teens often have some of the lowest marital satisfaction. Lee Rosen (StayHappilyMarried.com) talks with Annie Fox about what to expect when your kids reach dating age, how to deal with your concerns in a way that doesn’t alienate your children, and how to keep some sanity in your marriage during the process. 4/12/10 (24 minutes) More»

Encourage Your Children with Dr. Daisy Sutherland, “Encouraging your Tween Child”, The tween years are very challenging and Annie shares ways we can help your tween and have a loving and healthy relationship with them. 2/23/10 (58 minutes) More»

Heroes at Home Radio with Traci Sanders Campbell, “Interview with Online Advisor and Author, Annie Fox”, parenting is challenging. Single parenting has its own special built-in challenges. Annie talks to single parents about how to be the most effective leaders in their families. 9/17/09 (16 minutes) More»

CanISitWithYou.org“Annie Fox: Tips on Teens and Bullying.” 9/07/09 – Features a sampling of Annie’s Hey Terra! questions and answers about teens and bullying... More»

Teleseminar with Joe Bruzzese, “Back to School Experts Share their Ideas”, a conversation about making the most of the new school year, how parents and kids can build on what worked last year and change what didn’t. 8/5/09 (15 minutes) More»

Annie joined Sarah Newton, Britain’s top teen and parenting coach and host of the Gen Y Guide radio show, in a Student Support System podcast about “Helping students cope with exam-time stress.” Recorded 2/09/09 (53 minutes) More»

Grandparents.com, “Having ‘The Talk’: Body Image” Annie was interviewed for this article by Paula Silverman, 1/27/09 – If grandchildren confide in you that they are considering radical cosmetic procedures, discuss with them how this is not a decision that they should make impulsively. By encouraging them to sit down and think it through, you can play a major role in helping them make informed choices. “Hormonally, teens are all over the map — their brain development is not at a place where they can evaluate themselves and do a good job of predicting outcomes of choices,” says Annie Fox, an online advisor for teens and the author of Middle School Confidential: Be Confident in Who You Are (Free Spirit, 2008). “Therefore, they’re more likely to make choices they’ll later regret, from their need for peer approval. Grandparents can be a wonderful antidote to the stresses of peer group, school, and home, as they are less likely to have ‘carved-in-stone’ expectations of the child. Grandparents also have fewer short-term expectations than parents, so it’s easier for the child to just ‘be’ with a grandparent.” ... More»

Annie appeared on Britain’s top teen parenting coachSarah Newton’s radio show: Help My Teenager is an Alien— Annie talked with Sarah about “Helping teens fight Peer Approval Addiction.” Recorded 1/14/09 (44 minutes) (Note: interview with Annie cuts out near the end due to technical difficulties) More»

Teleseminar with Joe Bruzzese, “Ideas for a stress-free holiday season”, a conversation about creating a fulfilling holiday season for your family, free from the typical stress and anxiety many of us seem to feel. 11/13/08 (42 minutes) More»

SparkLife/SparkNotes, “Dating 101: Consider This Before Making a Move on Your Crush” Annie was interviewed for this article, 9/22/08 – “Find out whether the person is accepting or judgmental, friendly or stuck up,” says Annie Fox, author of The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating. Get to know his character and there’ll be no surprises later. This is is why going out with someone you’ve only chatted with via Facebook is a terrible idea, she stresses. ... More»

Free Spirit Publishing Upbeat News, “A teen pregnancy pact?!” an editorial by Annie Fox, 8/08 – Last month’s widely reported spike in the pregnancy rate at a Massachusetts high school stunned many folks. But the 10th-grade moms-to-be weren’t among them. Why? Because apparently most of the seventeen sophomores who got pregnant at Glouster High did it intentionally. You heard it right. The girls were trying to get pregnant!

The school nurse reported that the girls repeatedly marched together into her office for pregnancy tests. They comforted each other when the tests were negative and positive results were met with squeals of delight and hugs all around. On hearing her positive test results, one girl loudly proclaimed “Sweet!” ... More»

Tidewater Parent CampConnections, “How to Win Friends
and Inﬂuence People:
The Kids’ Version” by Kristen De Deyn Kirk, Spring 2008 – If your child has had mixed success with making friends at school, you of course wonder what you can do to help him or her. The idea of a summer camp filled with potential friends and lots to do probably popped into your mind – and you might be headed in the right direction... More»

Hillside Family Forum, WRMM 101.3, Rochester, NY, “When Relationships End” — Live interview with Terese Taylor. Nothing is more painful than the breakup of your child’s first romance. Terese talks with Annie about helping your child through the crisis of a broken heart. Recorded 4/6/08 (25 minutes) More»

Wise Counsel Podcast hosted by David Van Nuys, Ph.D., “Annie Fox on Parenting 21st Century Teens” According to Ms. Fox, the quickened pace, advanced communications technology and media saturation characteristic of the 21st century has resulted in a generation of children who are much more stressed out than prior generations. 2/4/08 (44 minutes) More»

Educational Resource Handbook for Students from
the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP), “Too
Stressed to Think? Using the Body-Mind Connection to Get Back in Balance” by Annie Fox, 2008 Edition
“Hey, how’s it
going?”
“I’ve got tons of homework and school just started. None of my friends are in any of my clases. Soccer
try outs are this afternoon,
and I forgot my shoes. And my mom wants me to baby-sit my brother tonight. How’s it going? I’m STRESSED!”
Stress is one of those words you probably hear all the time from adults and other teens. Maybe you
use it a lot yourself. But what
does it actually mean? More»

teens.LoveToKnow.com“Awesome Ways to Ask Out a Girl or Guy.” 10/07 – If you are looking for a few tips on awesome ways to ask out a girl or guy, teen expert and author Annie Fox is full of advice. She answers these and other questions “Is it OK for a girl to ask a guy out or should she wait for the guy to ask her out?” and “If someone is asked to Homecoming but does not want to go with that person, what is the best way to say ’no thanks?’”... More»

Scholastic Parents, “(Don’t)
Rescue Me: When your child reaches middle school, it’s time for a hands-off homework policy” by Abby
Margolis Newman,
7/31/07 – Sometimes my involvement in my two middle school boys’ academic lives feels like A Tale of Two
Mommies:
it is the best of instincts and the worst of instincts, coexisting and often struggling against each other. Many parents
of middle-schoolers have to make decisions almost daily as to whether and how much to intervene in their child’s work — when
to help and when does “help” morph into hindrance — and we find ourselves veering from one extreme to the
other trying to achieve the right balance... More»

New York Daily News“Scourge of the Mean Girls. Experts fear epidemic of witchlike,
bullying behavior in schools.” 12/9/06 – Twelve-year-old Brooke goes to a swanky Manhattan private school every day panic- stricken. “I am always afraid I’m wearing the wrong thing, and one of them will make a big deal out of it in front of the entire class and I will be, like, destroyed.”

The “them” she refers to is a clique of popular girls who make a point of belittling, berating and bullying her as well as a few other kids... More»

Arizona Republic, “Popularity
contest-ed”, by Janie Magruder, 9/14/06 –
So painful were the memories of Laura Lawless’ high school experience that she vowed to attend her 10th reunion this year
only if one of these was true:

She had married a millionaire.

She had become a millionaire.

She had been named Miss America.

Almost achieving one of the three – Lawless was Miss Arizona 2002 – isn’t reason enough to go back to
Dominican Academy, a prestigious Catholic prep school for girls in New York City. More»

Daughters Magazine, “Is Multi-Tasking Good for Her?” by Annie Fox, 9/06. Lots of us think that we’re more efficient when we do more than one thing at a time. And women are presumed to be born multitaskers. Personally, I don’t find it a superior skill. When I multitask, I actually take more time to complete what I’m doing, and I’m more likely to make a mistake. When you also factor in the inevitable stress and the emotional detachment resulting from being so “scattered,” well, it doesn’t make a great case in favor of multitasking. More»

College
Outlook, “Getting Real about College Life” by Annie Fox. When you leave
for college, you’ll say goodbye to all you’ve ever known (at least until Thanksgiving break). Throughout
your college career, you’re going to face many challenges. It’s normal and good to feel a certain level
of stress when dealing with new situations—it keeps you alert, aware and on your toes. But when you’re
at college, especially during the first weeks and months, you’ll want to be in control of stress, otherwise you
can start feeling weighed down and overwhelmed. More»

Annie was a featured speaker at the Phoenix
Public Library as part of their Authors
and Poets series. 125 middle school students from Phoenix area public schools attended the
event. The workshop was video taped for broadcast on local television, 3/01 (50 minutes) More»